do this, with the phone powered down, hold volume up and volume down, press power, then select bp tools and boot. you will get a qc diag port so long as you have the right drivers installed

And those correct drivers would be?

I have tried about 8 different moto drivers and combinations and still can not connect to the QC port. I have just about had it with this borked by design phone. And I am 2 steps away from returning it. :-(

I have loved Motorolas phones since my first pager that would not break. But this nightmare has me almost wanting to give up on them.

If I can get a "Hell yea" I will be rooting this bad girl and stuffing her with my info. No, I have not rooted yet (Perhaps the reason I can't connect to the com port with QC Diag port?) And really don't want to void my ability to return this if it is going to be a living nightmare to do/can't be done.

If after I root I still can't get a connection I will start a new help thread for it and not hog this conversation with it.

As always, thank you in advance for your help.
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If I can get a "Hell yea" I will be rooting this bad girl and stuffing her with my info. No, I have not rooted yet (Perhaps the reason I can't connect to the com port with QC Diag port?) And really don't want to void my ability to return this if it is going to be a living nightmare to do/can't be done.

If after I root I still can't get a connection I will start a new help thread for it and not hog this conversation with it.

As always, thank you in advance for your help.
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Typed with my fingers and sent with my Super Trooper :-)

You should be able to communicate with the QC Diag port without rooting, just FYI

I have tried about 8 different moto drivers and combinations and still can not connect to the QC port. I have just about had it with this borked by design phone. And I am 2 steps away from returning it. :-(

I have loved Motorolas phones since my first pager that would not break. But this nightmare has me almost wanting to give up on them.

Win 7 x64 actually has a built in driver for the diag interface. In device manager, right click on the diag interface and choose update driver -> browse -> let me pick -> show all devices -> Motorola -> Motorola QC Diag Port. There aren't drivers for the other three items (Communication, NMEA, and XT907) but I don't think that matters. This driver will allow you to use Qpst, dfs, cdmaws, and radiocomm in bptools mode.

A lot of work to get the flash done compared to other phones, but I can confirm the M can be flashed to Page Plus successfully following the instructions on that Russian forum page.

Could you possibly re-write the instructions so that they are easier to understand? I have a Razr M on JB working with voice/text on PP but no data atm. I'm a newb to flashing (this is my first time), so any instructions you could provide to make it simpler would really help out.